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A blue, green, and orange microscope image of sensory structures

Exploring Our Sense of Touch from Every Angle

June 11, 2024

Harvard Medical School researchers are studying one of the most mysterious senses

Computer generated image of two CAR-T cells targeting one cancer cell

2024 Warren Alpert Prize Honors Four Pioneers in CAR T-Cell Therapy

June 11, 2024

Lab-made immune cells offer a lifeline for patients with blood cancers

A doctor in a white coat using a pen to point at a human vagina model

Cervix-on-a-Chip to Accelerate Research on Women’s Health

June 6, 2024

New model could lead to better treatments for diseases of female reproductive tract

microscope image shows rainbow-tinted tubular cells connected by a network of filaments

A Step Toward New Solutions for Inflammatory Pain

June 5, 2024

Clues may lie in interactions between immune cells and pain-sensing neurons

A surgical team of doctors and nurses wearing blue scrubs, gauzy head coverings, and medical masks adjust lights, provide anesthesia, and perform other actions necessary for an operation, all gathered around the patient on the operating table. Health equity requires access to surgical care.

Global Surgery: A Bold Plan for Access, Equity

May 31, 2024

HMS-led community is working to bring basic surgery, anesthesia to 5 billion people who need it

Colorized microscope image shows a collection of rod-shaped bacteria

Gut Bacteria Produce Hormone Involved in Postpartum Depression

May 24, 2024

Study demonstrates how gut microbes process steroids — using flatulence

digital illustration of the human body, with respiratory system highlighted

Measuring Lung Function More Accurately and More Equitably

May 19, 2024

New analysis estimates the effects of race-neutral lung function testing

illustration of the brain, with the amygdala, hippocampus, and olfactory cortex highlighted

Smell and Memory

May 17, 2024
How smells are stored in the brain
Digital image of Earth surrounded by COVID virus particles

Is a Global Pandemic Prevention Pact Within Reach?

May 17, 2024

Harvard Medical School expert says agreement must address ‘egregious’ problems

microscope image of a spherical blastocyst--membrane enclosing a few cells that form an early embryo

Study Reveals Public Opinion on Polygenic Embryo Screening for IVF

May 14, 2024

High approval, high concern about emerging options to estimate likelihood of complex diseases

artistic rendering of DNA and a gloved hand pouring liquid into a beaker

Turning to Artificial Intelligence to Disentangle the Exposome

May 13, 2024

How AI can help analyze a lifetime of environmental exposures

Wearing tanslucent white gloves and a blue cap, mask, and medical garb, a surgreon manipulates several objects connected to wires and tubes above the patient's eye. The patient's face is invisible in the intense glow of the operating lights.

Gene Editing Improves Vision in Some People With Inherited Blindness

May 6, 2024

First-of-its-kind trial suggests CRISPR acting inside the body can be safe and effective

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